Courses

Gain insight into the sources of back pain through this course. Harvard Health Publishing will provide strategies on how to successfully overcome and eliminate back pain.

Examine how health policy is determined and implemented in the U.S. by understanding its effects at the national and state levels, explore how governments carry out these policies, and how stakeholders across the health care system engage with them.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

Expand your learning of chemistry and thermodynamics by exploring entropy, free energy, and equilibrium.

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

Learn from health experts at Harvard Medical School who have created a step-by-step online course that pinpoints the causes of balance problems.

A focus on the techniques commonly used to perform statistical inference on high throughput data.

Learn the anatomy basic to understanding five musculoskeletal injuries commonly seen in primary care medicine and orthopedic clinical specialty practice. Follow hypothetical patients from injury to operating room.

Examine the structure of the medical device industry, including the major types of devices on the market today, how companies are typically organized, their economics, and the keys to success in the industry.

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

Experts from Harvard Medical School explain how to recognize risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of cataracts as well as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and AMD (age-related macular degeneration).

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s most important buildings.

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

Explore the intricate dynamics that shape the U.S. health care payer landscape, including the roles of private insurers, government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, ACA-sponsored state exchanges, and self-pay options.

Develop the entrepreneurial mindset and toolkit to create a viable, scalable business with minimal data, limited resources, and tight budgets in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Discover what’s behind the numbers in financial statements and unlock critical insights into business performance and potential to drive strategic decision making in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 

International Finance: Policy, Regulation, and Transactions provides an overview of fundamentals and emerging policy issues for the global financial system.

Taught by Harvard Professor Julie Battilana with insights from actor, singer, and producer Keke Palmer

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

Learn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Learn about immune tolerance and how it can be harnessed to treat various conditions.

Getting restorative sleep on a regular basis provides countless benefits—physical, mental, and emotional. Discover in this course not only the secrets to good sleep hygiene, but how to avoid sleep disorders and sleep deprivation.

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.